belie

be·lie

B0170600 (bĭ-lī′)tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies 1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce).2. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.

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[Middle English bilien, from Old English belēogan, to deceive with lies; see leugh- in Indo-European roots.]

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be·li′er n.

belie

(bɪˈlaɪ) vb (tr) , -lies, -lying or -lied1. to show to be untrue; contradict2. to misrepresent; disguise the nature of: the report belied the real extent of the damage. 3. to fail to justify; disappoint[Old English belēogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan; see be-, lie¹] beˈlier n

be•lie

(bɪˈlaɪ)

v.t. -lied, -ly•ing. 1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice. 2. to give a false impression of; misrepresent. 3. to be false to or disappoint: to belie one's faith. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English belēogan. See be-, lie ¹] be•li′er, n.

belie

Past participle: belied
Gerund: belying

Imperative
belie
belie

Present
I belie
you belie
he/she/it belies
we belie
you belie
they belie

Preterite
I belied
you belied
he/she/it belied
we belied
you belied
they belied

Present Continuous
I am belying
you are belying
he/she/it is belying
we are belying
you are belying
they are belying

Present Perfect
I have belied
you have belied
he/she/it has belied
we have belied
you have belied
they have belied

Past Continuous
I was belying
you were belying
he/she/it was belying
we were belying
you were belying
they were belying

Past Perfect
I had belied
you had belied
he/she/it had belied
we had belied
you had belied
they had belied

Future
I will belie
you will belie
he/she/it will belie
we will belie
you will belie
they will belie

Future Perfect
I will have belied
you will have belied
he/she/it will have belied
we will have belied
you will have belied
they will have belied

Future Continuous
I will be belying
you will be belying
he/she/it will be belying
we will be belying
you will be belying
they will be belying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been belying
you have been belying
he/she/it has been belying
we have been belying
you have been belying
they have been belying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been belying
you will have been belying
he/she/it will have been belying
we will have been belying
you will have been belying
they will have been belying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been belying
you had been belying
he/she/it had been belying
we had been belying
you had been belying
they had been belying

Conditional
I would belie
you would belie
he/she/it would belie
we would belie
you would belie
they would belie

Past Conditional
I would have belied
you would have belied
he/she/it would have belied
we would have belied
you would have belied
they would have belied

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	belie - be in contradiction withcontradict, negatedepart, deviate, vary, diverge - be at variance with; be out of line with
	2.	belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"misrepresentsentimentalize, sentimentalise - look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events"distort, falsify, garble, warp - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or storydissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"

belie

verb1. misrepresent, disguise, conceal, distort, misinterpret, falsify, gloss over, airbrush Her looks belie her 50 years.2. disprove, deny, expose, discredit, contradict, refute, repudiate, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, gainsay (archaic or literary), prove false, blow out of the water (slang), controvert, confute The facts of the situation belie his testimony.

belie

verb1. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly:color, distort, falsify, load, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp, wrench, wrest.Idiom: give a false coloring to.2. To prove or show to be false:confute, discredit, disprove, rebut, refute.

Translations

给人以...的假象

belie

(biˈlai) – present participle beˈlying: past participle beˈlied – verb to give a false idea or impression of (something). His innocent face belies his cunning. 掩飾 给人以...的假象